inducula

Latin

Etymology

From induo (“to put on”) +‎ -cula (instrument noun suffix). Compare subūcula.

Pronunciation

Noun

indūcula f (genitive indūculae); first declension

  1. a slip (kind of undergarment worn by women)
    • 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Epidicus 2.2.39:
      Quid erat induta? An regillam induculam an mendiculam?
      What did she have on? The Princess style of slip, or the Beggarmaid?

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative indūcula indūculae
genitive indūculae indūculārum
dative indūculae indūculīs
accusative indūculam indūculās
ablative indūculā indūculīs
vocative indūcula indūculae

References

  • “inducula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “inducula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • inducula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.